May is one of the biggest moviegoing months - even as the traditional Summer season begins to adjust - and at one point was going to see the release of three major tentpoles: Infinity War on May 4, Deadpool 2 on May 18, and Solo: A Star Wars Story on May 25. This Page: Avengers Now Has Even Less Competition There's been no official word on why the change has been made - it was announced via a Twitter conversation between Marvel and Iron Man himself, Robert Downey, Jr., framed as a request from the actor - but looking at the packed May it's moving away from and the wider state of Marvel and Disney, we have a pretty good idea. Related: Did Infinity War Trailers Already Reveal The Soul Stone? Yet that's exactly what they've done here. Considering Joss Whedon's first uniting of Earth's Mightiest Heroes remains Marvel Studios biggest release to this day, it seemed crazy to mess with the formula. Why have Marvel - or, more accurately, Disney - chosen to do this?Īfter all, Marvel's owned the first weekend of May release slot since The Avengers in 2012, with the only gap being 2014 where Captain America: The Winter Soldier released in April and Guardians of the Galaxy in July. release date a week earlier from May 4 to April 27. It may only be seven days, but when you're dealing with a film of this size and so close to release - it's now less than two months away - that's a major shift. Marvel has officially moved Avengers: Infinity War's U.S.